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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0018713032539 Format: Box set, Color, NTSC Label: Good Times Video Manufacturer: Good Times Video Number Of Items: 5 Publisher: Good Times Video Release Date: August 05, 2003 Sales Rank: 2730 Studio: Good Times Video
Rating: - Truly (if surprisingly) effective!
My daughter (4yo) and her cousin (5yo) first "met" Mrs. Phipps and Snoothy when my mother bought a used copy of Learn to Read volume 1 at a yard sale. After seeing just a few minutes of it, my mother almost threw it away, thinking it seemed too boring and unsophisticated for a modern child. To her surprise, both my daughter (then 3) and her cousin (then 4) absolutely LOVED the video! Whenever they visited grandma they begged to watch the video, and often, when the video finished, they rewound it and started it again. And they would sing the alphabet song from the video over and over too (it's a ... Read More
Rating: - Much better quality is out there
Skip these and buy Sound it out Land or Leap Frog phonics videos instead. The Learn to Read with Phonics videos look like they were filmed with a camcorder and are simply a teacher writing on a dry erase board while explaining the rules of phonics. They throw in a character "Snoothy" in a lame nod to fun and entertainment. But all they thought of for Snoothy to do is make squeeks in the background while the teacher is giving the phonics lesson. Very cheesy,unimaginative and boring. My 4 year old lost interest in 5 minutes.
Rating: - Phonics videos
I work withthe Adult Basic Education program at my local Community college. We are in need of videos that help adults learn the phonetic approach to reading. All the available videos are child oriented. With the age of technology, why can't we have the same educational material produced for the adult with adult level animation,etc. I need something with larger print, also.
We have learning disabled students returning to schoool and their needs are still the same as when they quit school. The media is not there for us to help and yet I feel something has to be out there and I don't ... Read More
Rating: - Not as good as it looks....
beefor me start, i only speak. now i write two. foniks is work for me!
Rating: - Captivating for the young ones
While I nearly fell asleep after 10 minutes, I can testify that at least one 7 year old that I know has been watching these over and over and has shown some improvement in letter recognition, reading and 'writing'. The tapes seem to be very good. There are 5 tapes X 5 lessons X 15 minutes each. The 'witness' above runs through a whole tape at a time without losing interest. Wow! Definitely worth the money.
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